To Kaoru Vostfr — Nana

He pulled the rope taut, guiding her hand to his shoulder. She leaned into him for exactly two seconds—long enough to reset her heartbeat, short enough to pretend it never happened.

He wrote. I am a coward. I am invisible. I am nothing without the rope. Nana to Kaoru VOSTFR

He smiled—a real, broken, hopeful smile. He pulled the rope taut, guiding her hand to his shoulder